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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 383-384]

   G. W. PRESCOTT, President of the Cherokee County Bank, Meriden, Iowa,
   has taken an active and leading part in the building up of the town
   of Meriden.  He was born in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, and is
   a son of JONATHAN and SARAH (SCRIBNER) PRESCOTT.  Mr. PRESCOTT was
   reared to the occupation of a farmer, and received his education in
   the public schools of his native county.  At the age of twenty-one
   years he was married to Miss LYDIA A. UPTON, a native of New Hamp-
   shire, and a daughter of DANIEL UPTON, Esq.  By this union three
   children were born: FRANK K., MYRA S., deceased wife of N. C. BUSH-
   WELL, and ELLA, who died in her fifth year.  FRANK K. PRESCOTT located
   at Meriden in 1871, when the town was called Hazard; he engaged in
   the general mercantile trade, and was one of the leading business
   men of the place.  In 1883 he sold his business interests in Meriden,
   and removed to Fresno City, California, in which place he now resides.
   Mrs. LYDIA A. PRESCOTT died in the year 1858.  Mr. Prescott was married
   to Miss HATTIE J. UPTON, a sister to his first wife.  By this marriage
   one child was born; CHARLIE D., who died in his nineteenth year.  In
   1873 Mr. PRESCOTT decided to join his son in the West, so he came to
   Meriden, and engaged in the general mercantile trade.  The same year
   he built an elevator with a storage capacity of 10,000 bushels, which
   was consumed by fire; in its stead the present building was erected in
   1878.  In 1875 our subject entered into partnership with SAMUEL UPTON,
   Esq.  Their business relations continuing for seven years. The firm of
   G. W. PRESCOTT & Co. is the leading mercantile firm of the town, doing
   an annual business of $20,000.  Mr. PRESCOTT has not been behind in the
   building interests of the place, having erected twelve dwellings and
   three business houses; the hotel was built by PRESCOTT & Son.  He owns
   240 acres of land joining the town on the west.  Politically he gives
   his support to the Republican party.  That he possesses the confidence
   of the people is evident from the fact that he has been township trea-
   surer for fifteen years; he is the present mayor of the town, and has
   served on the Township and Central committees.  He is a worthy member
   of the Congregational Church, and is one of its liberal supporters. It
   is to the tireless zeal and unwearying efforts of such men as G. W.
   PRESCOTT that the existence of such towns as Meriden is due.  Without
   such spirit and enterprise the West would not be the Great West, and
   the past decade would not have witnessed the most rapid growth and
   wonderful development of any country or clime.

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